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User Details - tonereef
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Tony Reif | |
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Label owner, Songlines Recordings | |
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Vancouver, Canada | |
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Reference system: T+A D10 Stax SR009 DIY 6SN7 amp & power conditioner High Fidelity Cables UR interconnects & UR Rhodium power cables |
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treif@songlines.com | |
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http://www.songlines.com | |
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May 12, 2015
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Claude, have you looked further into the K-05X and K-07X? I still have an XA777ES, but I don't use it because it's a long way from being as good as the T+A D10 player. But that unit is over 10 years old now and I'm intrigued by the new Esoterics. Big problem is that no retailers around here will stock them (in fact they're not even available yet ... more | |
December 31, 2014
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The playback level doesn't matter, in fact if anything you'll need a better DAC to get satisfaction at low-moderate levels because of the (subjective) lack of treble and bass compared to loud levels. There's absolutely no doubt you can get better DA conversion with an outboard DAC than what's in your AVR, but whether it will make much difference ... more | |
December 3, 2014
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Analogue, what are the other 4 reissue titles you received? It makes no sense for Universal to have gone back and remastered the original issues. And if cutting corners was their aim they would have left well enough alone - probably they could have even have reused the original glass master to manufacture the reissues. Also, I'm curious what your ... more | |
December 3, 2014
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Does anyone know how to contact the mysterious Analogue? He/she has not posted info about their system and I'm curious about what equipment Analogue is listening to. Also what the 4 other sub-standard reissues are. I too find it hard to imagine Universal Japan tampering with their original masters for these reissues, and I think one can count out ... more | |
November 25, 2014
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Thinking of picking this up but curious what kind of system you're listening to this and the SACD version on. On my Stax SR009s, "Stormy Monday" on the SHM-SACD sampler Welcome to the Top of the World sounds incredibly good, hard to imagine how it could be improved, and some fine detail must be lost in any 16/44.1 format compared to SACD, no matter ... more |
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